Mauricio Pochettino's men are in fourth spot on 15 points, just four behind Manchester City and Liverpool, and will fancy their chances at Wembley against lowly Cardiff.

Liverpool beat City 4-3 at Anfield in the league last season to end the visitors' unbeaten run in the top flight in 2017-18, which had stood at 22 matches.

Does Klopp have the upper hand over Guardiola? Sergio has scored a lot of goals, but there were periods when he didn't score.

This time around, the ball is in Guardiola's court in terms of tactics.

"They are a top side even if we win, the way they play".

City also have a awful record at Anfield, losing 12 of their last 17 visits with their last victory in 2003. Van Dijk appears to be fully fit despite recently struggling with a rib injury, while Robertson continues to overlap well.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has had a good start to the season with Liverpool, but at times his youth has got the better of him.

Liverpool FC followed up their home success with a 2-1 win at The Etihad, coming from behind thanks to goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah. The Reds registered three wins over the Citizens during the 2017/18 season.

'Salah is younger, it was his first year back in England since his time at Chelsea, so we will see in the ¬future, but a guy who has the quality to score almost 50 goals in a season always has that quality, ' said Walker. Both the sides have won seven and drawn one in their last 8 league matches.